CONTENTS. 



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CHARACTERISTICS OF ORDERS ' . . 4 



ORDER 1. RAPTORES, ROBBERS. 



Family Falconidae, Falcons 7 



Sub-Family Falconinae, Falcons proper 7 



Accipitrinae, Hawks > . . 22 



Buteoninse, Buzzard-Hawks 34 



Aquilinae, Eagles 49 



Family Strigidse, Owls 60 



Sub-Family Buboninae, Horned Owls 60 



Syrninae, Gray Owls 71 



Nycteininse, Day Owls 77 



ORDER II. SCANSORES, CLIMBERS. 



Family Cuculidae, Cuckoos 83 



Picidae, Woodpeckers 87 



ORDER III. INSESSORES, PERCHERS. 



Sub-Order Strisores 1 10 



Family Trochilidae, Humming-Birds 110 



Cypselidae, Swifts 116 



Caprimulgidae, Goat-Suckers 119 



Sub-Order Clamatores, Screamers 125 



Family Alcedinidae, Kingfishers 125 



Colopteridse, Flycatchers 128 



Sub-Family Tyranninse, Tyrant Flycatchers . 128 



Sub-Order Oscines, Singers 



Family Turdidae, Thrushes 145 



Sub-Family Mimime, Mocking-Birds 163 



Family Saxicolidae, Rock-Inhabiters 175 



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